New COVID-19 restrictions will be implemented in Abra, Baguio City, and Bohol from Sept. 24 to 30, Malacañang said Thursday as the country fights an increase in virus infections due to the highly contagious coronavirus Delta variant.
Abra, Baguio, and Bohol will be under GCQ with heightened restrictions starting Friday until the end of the month while Ilocos Norte will be under GCQ, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said.
Here are the rules for GCQ with heightened restrictions in Abra, Baguio City, and Bohol:
- Indoor dine-in services may operate at 20% venue or seating capacity
- Al-fresco or outdoor dine-in services may operate at 50% venue or seating capacity
- Beauty salons, beauty parlors, barbershops, and nail spas may operate up to 30% venue or seating capacity
- Outdoor tourist attractions may operate at 30% venue capacity with strict adherence to minimum public health standards
- Business establishments with Safety Seal Certifications shall be allowed to operate at an additional 10% capacity.
- Meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions events, and social events in venue establishments shall not be allowed.
- Indoor sports courts and venues and indoor tourist attractions are also prohibited.
- Staycations without age restrictions shall be allowed at such capacities, protocols and restrictions, as may be imposed by the Department of Tourism
- Religious gatherings shall be allowed up to 10% of the venue capacity with an option for the local government unit to increase the capacity to 30%
- Gatherings for necrological services, wakes, inurnment and funerals for non-COVID-19 deaths will be limited to immediate family members
- Interzonal travel shall be allowed subject to restrictions of the local government unit of destination
- Point-to-point travel to areas under GCQ and MGCQ shall be allowed without age restrictions subject to an RT-PCR test-before-travel requirement for those below 18 years old and above 65, and other protocols and restrictions as may be imposed by the DOT and the LGU of destination.
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